3
Flash the microSD card

4
Install Ubuntu Core

Attach the monitor and keyboard to the board. You can alternatively use a serial cable.

Insert the microSD card and plug the power adaptor into the board.

5
First boot setup

The system will boot then become ready to configure.

The device will display the prompt “Press enter to configure”.

Press enter then select “Start” to begin configuring your network and an administrator account. Follow the instructions on the screen, you will be asked to configure your network and enter your Ubuntu SSO credentials.

At the end of the process, you will see your credentials to access your Ubuntu Core machine:

This device is registered to <Ubuntu SSO email address>.
Remote access was enabled via authentication with the SSO user <Ubuntu SSO user name>
Public SSH keys were added to the device for remote access.

6
Login

Once setup is done, you can login with SSH into Ubuntu Core, from a machine on the same network, using the following command:

ssh <Ubuntu SSO user name>@<device IP address>

Your user name is your Ubuntu SSO user name, it has been reminded to you at the end of the account configuration step.

First boot tips

During setup, console-conf will download the SSH key registered with your Store account and configure it so you can log into the device via ssh <Ubuntu SSO account name>@<device IP address> without a password.

There is no default ubuntu user on these images, but you can run sudo passwd <account name> to set a password if you need a local console login.